Nikita_Adanna

I am what you call a Trini to di bone. Meaning, I love each and every aspect of my culture and I am very proud to be a Trinidadian. And while I love American Christmas carols, I absolutely love my soca parang as well. What is parang you ask? Parang is Christmas folk songs, it's a popular combination of soca, calypso, Latin and Venezuelan music.  Parang is also a huge part of my Trinidadian culture, as this is our version of Christmas carols.  So, for my ten favorite Christmas songs, I decided to split it with my five favorite Christmas carols as well as my five favorite parang songs. And believe me when I say that this was very tough! Five Favorite Parang songs 1. Soca Santa- Machel Montano 2. Trini Christmas- Susan Macio 3. Mamacita- Sharlene Boodram 4. Nikita- Scrunter 5. Bring Out De Ham- Marcia Miranda Five Favorite Christmas Carols 1. All I Want For Christmas- Mariah Carey 2. Rocking Around The Christmas Tr...

For this week's Throwback Tuesday, I also wanted to do another soca parang.. Soca Santa is one of my favorite songs. Hope you all enjoy a little bit more of my culture.. 

So, like I announced earlier this month, for the rest of the month of December each and every Tuesday, I am gonna feature a Christmas song for the throwback Tuesday segment.. So, this week is no exception, however I am going to be doing these a little different..  As I mentioned in one of my posts, I am Trinidadian and in Trinidad one of the major things in which we do around Christmas time is Parang..  Parang is a music with Caribbean and Latin American cultural influences. The word is derived from two Spanish words:  Parranda , meaning "a spree or fete" and  Parar  meaning "to stop".  Parang is a popular folk music originating out of Trinidad and Tobago, it is part of the Island's Hispanic heritage that originated from over 400 years ago during Spanish rule via Venezuela..  The song entitled "Trini Christmas," basically explains how Trinidadians celebrate Christmas.. Not trying to brag or anything, but it surely is the bes...